inner workings
Example Sentences
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With its jokes about the inner workings of Hollywood agents at CAA and the trappings of fame and fortune, “Gail Daughtry” could easily feel like inside baseball.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
There was concern in that group that its inner workings should be hidden from the public because, as the executive order put it, certain proposed solutions “will be ineffective if commonly known.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Those recordings offer rare access into the inner workings of a fraud and the psychological tactics of a master of deception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
McMinn believes fans have become "more sophisticated" and "knowledgeable" about the inner workings of the music industry as people are being more open about it.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Fela slowly introduced me to the inner workings of the Archives and I spent what time I could spare skulking about, trying to dig up answers to my thousand questions.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
